YouTube is positively brimming with videos of dermatologists and regular people extracting gooey fluids from blackheads, cysts and more. These videos get hundreds of thousands of views and shares. There are several potential reasons:. From a dermatological perspective, every doctor and practitioner is different. Some may enjoy these procedures more than others, but performing such procedures frequently makes it much less of a novelty.
Extractions like the ones often filmed for YouTube come in different forms, depending on the issue. Click the link to confirm your subscription and begin receiving our newsletters.
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That vicarious thrill also helps to explain the bizarre popularity of online pimple-popping videos, like those of California dermatologist Sandra Lee, aka Dr. Pimple Popper , whose massive YouTube following is now nearly 3 million strong. Psychologically, there are many possible motivations that can compel a person to start surface-mining the skin of the person next to her, Traube says.
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